The Big Ten #3

We have seen in the first two commandments of Exodus 20 God's call to have no other gods at all, and that often we try to make or take our own gods, so we feel we are in control of them. The third command is in verse: 
7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Many have thought: "What's the big deal?  It's just an expression of emotion to use the name God or Jesus Christ in some sort of exclamation when we feel angry or excited." But it really is much more than that. What we are implying is either that God is to blame for the situation, or we are able, by crying out, to make Him do something about it at our bidding.  It is as if whenever we use His name we are making an oath; His name is that holy.  Many Old Testament Jews would not even say His name, it was so holy to them.  To do so is to profane His name - to take it too lightly or to assign Him blame, which is really an attack on His character.  It robs God of the holiness He has and is due.  Do you use His name too loosely?